In This Hour of Free-Fall

In this hour of free-fall,
be your good self again,
meet us not according to our flaw
but according to your generous self-giving:

Be our Christmas,
and start the world again;

Be our Easter,
and draw us from death to new life;

Be our Pentecost,
and breathe on us to begin again;

Be your full, generous self toward us;
we will begin again in obedience,
and as we can obey,
we will begin again
in wonder, love, and joy.

(Excerpt from a prayer by Walter Brueggemann, from his book, Prayers for a Privileged People)